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Take a look at this article. It's been translated using google from French. It basically has normal residents talking about shale. She says that the drilling was really close to her house which she never knew about etc...but she said that she is not against any drilling, but wants more contact and transperency between the companies and communities and I agree with her. Goes to show that there are normal residents who don't mind, it's just they need some better face time. One of the things the companies even wanted for them to put into the new hydrocarbon and framework was a certain distance between drilling and houses.

It's nice to see things like this as it makes progress. They voice legit concerns and it is up to the companies to arrive at a common ground and goal so that both parties are happy.